Room 00 / Exhibition

Stoopid Muttz.

Bulldog gravitas, poodle distraction and a Chihuahua with plenty to say. Eight exuberant canine portraits use high-acid colours and exaggerated painted effects to celebrate dogs at their least dignified.

Duke of Derp: A brightly coloured bulldog faces the viewer with a solemn, comically vacant expression.
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A brightly coloured bulldog faces the viewer with a solemn, comically vacant expression.
01 / AI-derived artwork

Duke of Derp

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

A brightly coloured bulldog faces the viewer with a solemn, comically vacant expression. Duke gives an ordinary moment more importance than it probably deserves.

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An orange and violet dachshund sits against cyan, its head tilted above short legs.
02 / AI-derived artwork

Long Story Short

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

An orange and violet dachshund sits against cyan, its head tilted above short legs. A simple instruction appears to have become a complicated problem.

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A lime and coral poodle with an extravagant rounded topknot looks sideways against violet.
03 / AI-derived artwork

Sir Floofs-a-Lot

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

A lime and coral poodle with an extravagant rounded topknot looks sideways against violet. The posture is dignified; the attention has wandered.

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An electric blue and pink border collie looks upward, one ear raised, against yellow.
04 / AI-derived artwork

Brain Buffering

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

An electric blue and pink border collie looks upward, one ear raised, against yellow. Intense concentration does not necessarily mean a thought has arrived.

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A neon orange and turquoise boxer grins against magenta with an awkward lip and a strand of drool.
05 / AI-derived artwork

The Drool Executive

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

A neon orange and turquoise boxer grins against magenta with an awkward lip and a strand of drool. The executive is delighted to be here and has brought no useful paperwork.

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An Afghan hound peers sideways through long violet and yellow hair against cobalt.
06 / AI-derived artwork

Born to Be Confused

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

An Afghan hound peers sideways through long violet and yellow hair against cobalt. Luxurious bewilderment is treated as a perfectly respectable state of mind.

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A large acid-coloured Great Dane lies with its paws stretched out beside a tiny, animated Chihuahua.
07 / AI-derived artwork

Small Dog, Big Opinions

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

A large acid-coloured Great Dane lies with its paws stretched out beside a tiny, animated Chihuahua. The difference in size does little to settle who is in charge.

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A neon collie, boxer and dachshund line up while looking in different directions.
08 / AI-derived artwork

Nobody Saw Anything

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with
OpenAI image generation
Inspired by
canine portraiture and high-acid colour
Technique
Exaggerated painted portrait effect

A neon collie, boxer and dachshund line up while looking in different directions. Three witnesses appear remarkably reluctant to give an account.

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